Optane for my HDD

[Camelsmaycry]

Hi

 

My setup currently has a 240gb M,2 running Windows and my main programs with a 4TB HDD to store my games

 

I was wondering if there was a way to turn my HDD into a Hybrid (just like macs Fusion) or should I just get an Optane to accelerate loading times

 

Thanks in advance 

[Electronics Wizardy]

what hardware do you have?

 

You can use the built in drive tiering in windows with storage spaces with a ssd and your hdd. or use programs like primocache.

[Pixel5]

well its certainly possible but the benefits depend heavily on the games as optane would only cache a few gigs of files so you would gain nothing in terms of sequential reads of big files which most games have.

[Camelsmaycry]

12 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what hardware do you have?

 

You can use the built in drive tiering in windows with storage spaces with a ssd and your hdd. or use programs like primocache.

8th gen intel i7

16 ram 

Evga Mobo

240 corsiar ssd

4tb WD HDD

RX 5500XT (Because I broke my 1080ti)

750 Watt PSU

[Camelsmaycry]

12 hours ago, Pixel5 said:

well its certainly possible but the benefits depend heavily on the games as optane would only cache a few gigs of files so you would gain nothing in terms of sequential reads of big files which most games have.

will put that into consideration thanx 

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 hours ago, Camelsmaycry said:

8th gen intel i7

16 ram 

Evga Mobo

240 corsiar ssd

4tb WD HDD

RX 5500XT (Because I broke my 1080ti)

750 Watt PSU

with how cheap those optane nvme drives are, might as well get one, there less thn 20 bucks on ebay